Episode 54 - I Don't Smoke
Episode 54 - I Don't SmokeYacht ‘Boreas’, Saint Tropez, France, 31 December I take his jacket and throw it onto my shoulders. The atlas lining, bearing the warmth of his body, gives me a gentle caress, bringing to memory the time of my carefree school years and first adult like yet innocent dates. We go out onto the deck. I draw in crisp salty air and look at the ‘charming young man’. Despite the light chilly breeze coming from the sea, his cheeks flame radiantly, but it becomes him. We come to a wide bench built into the crescent-shape side of the yacht and sit down on a large cushion, one of many conveniently left there for the guests to use. I take a cigarette pack out and hold it out to him. He hesitates for a second then shakes his head. 'I don't smoke,' he says and adds quickly:
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